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T-Mobile Home Internet

T-Mobile Misleads Home Internet Customers, Employees Say (Update)

By Brandon Hill published

Company's support reps apparently incentivized to give customers false excuses and get them off the phone.

ISP

Michigan Man Builds Own ISP, Gets $2.6M From Government to Expand

By Mark Tyson last updated

Jared Mauch’s rural FTTH service quickly expanded from 1 to 30 customers and currently has 70. But he now has $2.6m of government funding to allow provisioning for nearly 600 customers.

Vodafone’s Gigafast Broadband Advert Challenged By Virgin Media in the UK

By Zak Storey published

The UK ISP Vodafone has had its "Gigafast" broadband package advertising pulled after Virgin Media complaints to Advertising Standards Agency

AT&T Will Test 5G Networks, Expand Fiber, And More In 2017

By Nathaniel Mott published

AT&T revealed plans to field test 5G wireless networks, expand high-speed internet access, and trial a technology which could offer multi-gigabit wireless internet access via power lines in 2017.

AT&T Plans To Trial 400GbE Data Speeds In 2017

By Nathaniel Mott published

AT&T business customers rejoice: The company announced plans to offer 400GB Ethernet data connections on a trial basis in 2017. But when will consumers see the same benefits?

Alphabet Eyes Wireless Networks As Google Fiber's Rollout Halts

By Nathaniel Mott published

Alphabet's Access subsidiary announced that it's "pausing" the expansion of the fiber-optic internet service commonly known as Google Fiber to focus on developing new technologies.

Opposing Comcast's Internet Bandwidth Cap (Opinion)

By Joe Pishgar published

Comcast's recent bandwidth cap was bad enough; now the ISP is trying to convince users that this is totally fine.

Frontier Of Failure: Verizon FIOS Fumble Costs An ISP The Game (Opinion)

By Fritz Nelson published

With ZyXEL's New Residential Gateways, ISPs Can Give Their Customers Wireless AC Wave 2 Performance

By Tom's Hardware News Team published

ZyXEL just enabled service providers with the capability to distribute Wireless AC Wave 2 residential gateways to their ISP customers.

FairPoint, Connect America To Expand Internet Access Across 14 States

By Michael Justin Allen Sexton published

FairPoint will expand Internet service to rural areas in 14 states, but at speeds slower than broadband.

FreedomPop Launching Free Mobile Service In UK, Offering 'Jetsetter' 100 MB Roaming SIM

By Seth Colaner published

Verizon Prepares For Uncertainty Regarding Potential FCC Rules

By Seth Colaner, Michael Justin Allen Sexton published

Following the recent FCC auction for the AWS-3 spectrum bands meant for use in wireless telecommunications, Verizon is selling off large parts of its business.

Verizon, The Unintended Catalyst Of Strong Net Neutrality Laws (Op Ed)

By Lucian Armasu published

Verizon, one of the biggest rivals of net neutrality rules, is actually the one that made strong net neutrality rules happen.

FCC Bumps Baseline Broadband Definition To 25Mbps

By Seth Colaner, Michael Justin Allen Sexton published

The FCC voted to raise the minimum standard for what constitutes "broadband" Internet speeds to 25Mbps, up from 4Mbps.

Ting Expands Service To Provide Gigabit Internet (Updated)

By Rexly Peñaflorida published

The company plans to start the service in the first half of 2015.

Have We Already Lost The Battle For Net Neutrality? (Op Ed)

By Niels Broekhuijsen published

We've been hopeful for a long time, but that time may be coming to an end.

Uh Oh, Comcast CEO Says TWC Merger 'Full Steam Ahead'

By Niels Broekhuijsen published

Bad news: According to Comcast's CEO, the planned merger between itself and TWC will go "full steam ahead."

Netflix Officially Petitions Against Comcast, TWC Merger

By Niels Broekhuijsen published

Netflix has officially asked the FCC to stop the merger between Comcast and Time Warner Cable.

Net Neutrality Woes: Netflix Now Also Paying TWC

By Niels Broekhuijsen published

Despite yet another slap in the face to net neutrality, at least you will have proper access to Netflix over your TWC connection.

Op-Ed: Comcast Trying to Prove It Isn't Horrible By Offering Free Internet and Debt Pardon

By Niels Broekhuijsen published

Comcast's new announcement may look very generous on the surface, but there may be more to it. Read on to find out more.

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